lesson3

　　使用暴力

　　Lesson Three The Use of Force

　　他們是我的新病人，我所知道的只有名字，奧爾遜。

　　They were new patients to me， all I had was the name， Olson.

　　請您盡快趕來，我女兒病得很重。

　　“Please come down as soon as you can， my daughter is very sick.”

　　當我到達時，孩子的母親迎接了我，這是一位看上去驚恐不安的婦人，衣著整潔卻一臉憂傷的神色她只是說，這位就是醫生嗎？

　　When I arrived I was met by the mother， a big startled looking woman， very clean and apologetic who merely said， Is this the doctor？

　　然后帶我進了屋。

　　And let me in.

　　在后面，她又說到，請你一定要原諒我們，醫生，我們讓她呆在廚房里，那兒暖和，這里有時很潮濕。

　　In the back， she added. You must excuse us， doctor， we have her in the kitchen where it is warm. It is very damp here sometimes.

　　在廚房的桌子旁邊，這個孩子穿得嚴嚴實實的，坐在她父親的腿上。

　　The child was fully dressed and sitting on here father's lap near the kitchen table.

　　他父親試圖站起來，但我向他示意不用麻煩，然后我脫下外套開始檢查。

　　He tried to get up， but I motioned for him not to bother， took off my overcoat and started to look things over.

　　我能夠覺察出他們都很緊張，而且用懷疑的眼光上下打量著我。

　　I could see that they were all very nervous， eyeing me up and down distrustfully.

　　在這種情形下，他們通常不會提供太多的情況，而是等著我告訴他們病情，這就是為什么他們會在我身上花3美元。

　　As often， in such cases， they weren't telling me more than they had to， it was up to me to tell them； that's why they were spending three dollars on me.

　　這個孩子用她那冷漠而鎮定的目光目不轉睛地盯著我，臉上沒有任何表情。

　　The child was fairly eating me up with her cold， steady eyes， and no expression on her face whatever.

　　她紋絲不動，內心似乎很平靜。這是一個非常惹人喜愛的小東西，外表長得象小牛一樣結實。

　　She did not move and seemed， inwardly， quiet； an unusually attractive little thing， and as strong as a heifer in appearance.

　　但是她的臉發紅，而且呼吸急促，我知道她在發著高燒。

　　But her face was flushed， she was breathing rapidly， and I realized that she had a high fever.

　　她長著一頭漂亮濃密的金發，就像刊登在廣告插頁上和周日報紙圖片版上的那些孩子一樣。